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Joel Asaph Allen* (1838-07-19 - 1921-08-29) person

American zoologist, mammalogist, and ornithologist. He studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard, and participated in the 1865-1866 Thayer Expedition to Brazil. In 1885, he became the first curator of birds and fishes at the American Museum of Natural History. 

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  • Joel Asaph Allen
  • Joel Asaph Allen (preferred)
  • Allen, J. A. (author)
  • J. A. Allen (second author)

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Range of years collected is greater than 80 (1858-2022)

Collecting Event Map

  • Actinopterygii: Amiidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Amphibia: Ambystomatidae (34 records) none known to year
  • Amphibia: Bufonidae (21 records) in years 1869-1886
  • Amphibia: Hylidae (49 records) in years 1862-1869
  • Amphibia: Leptodactylidae (7 records) in year 1865
  • Amphibia: Pelobatidae (1 record) in year 1868
  • Amphibia: Plethodontidae (12 records) in year 1869
  • Amphibia: Ranidae (14 records) in years 1864-1871
  • Amphibia: Salamandridae (15 records) none known to year
  • Amphibia: [no family] (7 records) in year 1869
  • Aves: Accipitridae (32 records) in years 1862-1872
  • Aves: Alaudidae (3 records) in years 1867-1882
  • Aves: Alcedinidae (5 records) in years 1862-1871
  • Aves: Anatidae (9 records) in years 1862-1869
  • Aves: Apodidae (26 records) in years 1862-1882
  • Aves: Aramidae (3 records) in year 1869
  • Aves: Ardeidae (17 records) in years 1862-1869
  • Aves: Bombycillidae (9 records) in years 1862-1863
  • Aves: Caprimulgidae (17 records) in years 1862-1871
  • Aves: Cardinalidae (2 records) in year 1862
  • Aves: Cariamidae (1 record) in year 1865
  • Aves: Cathartidae (6 records) in year 1869
  • Aves: Certhiidae (5 records) in years 1862-1863
  • Aves: Charadriidae (22 records) in years 1862-1882
  • Aves: Ciconiidae (2 records) in year 1869
  • Aves: Columbidae (21 records) in years 1862-1871
  • Aves: Corvidae (41 records) in years 1862-1961
  • Aves: Cuculidae (8 records) in years 1862-1863
  • Aves: Dendrocolaptidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Aves: Emberizidae (226 records) in years 1858-1893
  • Aves: Falconidae (18 records) in years 1863-1871
  • Aves: Formicariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Aves: Fringillidae (21 records) in years 1862-1882
  • Aves: Grallinidae (3 records) in year 1862
  • Aves: Gruidae (3 records) in year 1869
  • Aves: Hirundinidae (23 records) in years 1862-1869
  • Aves: Hydrobatidae (8 records) in year 1865
  • Aves: Icteridae (110 records) in years 1862-1882
  • Aves: Laniidae (4 records) in years 1867-1868
  • Aves: Laridae (57 records) in years 1865-1871
  • Aves: Meleagrididae (2 records) in year 1869
  • Aves: Mimidae (23 records) in years 1862-1882
  • Aves: Motacillidae (3 records) in years 1867-1869
  • Aves: Muscicapidae (67 records) in years 1862-1882
  • Aves: Paridae (16 records) in years 1862-1869
  • Aves: Parulidae (188 records) in years 1862-1893
  • Aves: Phalacrocoracidae (11 records) in years 1865-1871
  • Aves: Phalaropodidae (15 records) in year 1871
  • Aves: Phasianidae (22 records) in years 1863-1869
  • Aves: Picidae (62 records) in years 1862-1882
  • Aves: Pipridae (2 records) in year 1865
  • Aves: Podicipedidae (6 records) in year 1871
  • Aves: Psittacidae (3 records) in years 1865-1869
  • Aves: Rallidae (12 records) in years 1868-1871
  • Aves: Recurvirostridae (30 records) in year 1871
  • Aves: Rynchopidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Aves: Scolopacidae (62 records) in years 1862-1871
  • Aves: Sittidae (10 records) in years 1862-1869
  • Aves: Stercorariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Aves: Strigidae (11 records) in years 1866-1871
  • Aves: Sulidae (2 records) in year 1865
  • Aves: Sylviidae (7 records) in years 1862-1869
  • Aves: Tetraonidae (5 records) in year 1862
  • Aves: Threskiornithidae (2 records) in year 1869
  • Aves: Trochilidae (12 records) in year 1862
  • Aves: Troglodytidae (20 records) in years 1862-1882
  • Aves: Trogonidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Aves: Tyrannidae (59 records) in years 1862-1882
  • Aves: Vireonidae (21 records) in years 1862-1882
  • Aves: [no family] (32 records) in years 1862-1865
  • Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae (1 record) in year 1902
  • Bivalvia: Myidae (1 record) in year 1902
  • Bivalvia: Mytilidae (2 records) in years 1902-1915
  • Bivalvia: Pharidae (1 record) in year 1915
  • Bivalvia: Pholadidae (1 record) in year 1902
  • Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae (1 record) in year 1871
  • Bivalvia: Spondylidae (1 record) in year 1904
  • Bivalvia: Unionidae (21 records) in years 1869-1914
  • Bivalvia: Veneridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Branchiopoda: Artemiidae (1 record) in year 1871
  • Cephalopoda: [no family] (4 records) none known to year
  • Chilopoda: Scolopendridae (3 records) in year 1879
  • Chilopoda: Scolopocryptopidae (1 record) in year 1867
  • Chondrichthyes: Ctenacanthidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Diplopoda: Abacionidae (1 record) in year 1867
  • Diplopoda: Euryuridae (1 record) in year 1867
  • Diplopoda: Spirobolidae (1 record) in year 1867
  • Diplopoda: Xystodesmidae (1 record) in year 1867
  • Gastropoda: Acmaeidae (2 records) in year 1915
  • Gastropoda: Ampullariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Cerionidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Discidae (5 records) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Ellobiidae (2 records) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Gastrodontidae (7 records) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Haplotrematidae (2 records) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Helicidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Gastropoda: Helminthoglyptidae (1 record) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae (2 records) in year 1871
  • Gastropoda: Littorinidae (2 records) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae (5 records) in years 1862-1871
  • Gastropoda: Muricidae (2 records) in year 1915
  • Gastropoda: Naticidae (1 record) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Physidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Gastropoda: Planorbidae (4 records) in years 1862-1902
  • Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae (2 records) in years 1902-1915
  • Gastropoda: Polygyridae (12 records) in years 1869-1905
  • Gastropoda: Pristilomatidae (1 record) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Pupillidae (4 records) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Spiraxidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Gastropoda: Subulinidae (1 record) in year 1903
  • Gastropoda: Succineidae (1 record) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Thiaridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Turritellidae (2 records) in year 2022
  • Gastropoda: Viviparidae (2 records) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: Zonitidae (3 records) in year 1902
  • Gastropoda: [no family] (1 record) in year 1869
  • Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae (1 record) in year 1871
  • Insecta: Hesperiidae (13 records) in years 1867-1873
  • Insecta: Lycaenidae (17 records) in years 1867-1873
  • Insecta: Nymphalidae (26 records) in years 1867-1873
  • Insecta: Papilionidae (4 records) in year 1869
  • Insecta: Pieridae (13 records) in years 1867-1873
  • Insecta: Riodinidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Malacostraca: Astacidae (3 records) in year 1871
  • Malacostraca: Cambaridae (12 records) in years 1864-1871
  • Malacostraca: Gammaridae (1 record) in year 1867
  • Malacostraca: Grapsidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Malacostraca: Majidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Ocypodidae (3 records) in years 1868-1869
  • Malacostraca: Porcellionidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Sesarmidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Malacostraca: Sphaeromatidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Malacostraca: Talitridae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Malacostraca: Xanthidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Balaenopteridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Bovidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Callitrichidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Canidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Caviidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Cebidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Cervidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Cricetidae (98 records) in years 1860-1873
  • Mammalia: Dasypodidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Dasyproctidae (13 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Didelphidae (8 records) in year 1869
  • Mammalia: Dipodidae (5 records) in year 1864
  • Mammalia: Emballonuridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Erethizontidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Felidae (5 records) in year 1864
  • Mammalia: Geomyidae (12 records) in years 1867-1873
  • Mammalia: Heteromyidae (1 record) in year 1873
  • Mammalia: Leporidae (7 records) in year 1869
  • Mammalia: Mephitidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Molossidae (15 records) in year 1865
  • Mammalia: Muridae (16 records) in years 1864-1868
  • Mammalia: Mustelidae (5 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Phyllostomatidae (13 records) in year 1865
  • Mammalia: Procyonidae (5 records) in year 1869
  • Mammalia: Sciuridae (70 records) in years 1864-1910
  • Mammalia: Soricidae (5 records) in years 1865-1868
  • Mammalia: Talpidae (4 records) in year 1864
  • Mammalia: Vespertilionidae (30 records) in years 1867-1873
  • Mammalia: Zapodidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: [no family] (31 records) in years 1864-1870
  • Osteichthyes: Anguillidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Osteichthyes: Anostomidae (14 records) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Ariidae (3 records) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Auchenipteridae (2 records) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Carangidae (1 record) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Catostomidae (8 records) in year 1871
  • Osteichthyes: Centrarchidae (17 records) in years 1862-1871
  • Osteichthyes: Characidae (22 records) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Clupeidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Osteichthyes: Cottidae (6 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Cyclopteridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae (35 records) in years 1862-1871
  • Osteichthyes: Doradidae (1 record) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Engraulidae (5 records) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Erythrinidae (2 records) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Esocidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Fundulidae (2 records) in year 1869
  • Osteichthyes: Gobiidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Osteichthyes: Gymnotidae (1 record) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Haemulidae (1 record) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Ictaluridae (5 records) in years 1862-1869
  • Osteichthyes: Loricariidae (3 records) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Mugilidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Osteichthyes: Paralichthyidae (1 record) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Percidae (1 record) in year 1862
  • Osteichthyes: Pimelodidae (13 records) in year 1865
  • Osteichthyes: Pleuronectidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Poeciliidae (2 records) in year 1869
  • Osteichthyes: Salmonidae (8 records) in years 1862-1871
  • Osteichthyes: Sciaenidae (11 records) in years 1865-1869
  • Osteichthyes: Syngnathidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthys: Zoarcidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Placodermi: Ptyctodontidae (1 record) in year 1863
  • Polychaeta: Pectinariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Reptilia: Alligatoridae (4 records) in year 1869
  • Reptilia: Amphisbaenidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Reptilia: Aniliidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Reptilia: Colubridae (31 records) in years 1863-1871
  • Reptilia: Emydidae (16 records) in years 1869-1871
  • Reptilia: Iguanidae (11 records) in year 1869
  • Reptilia: Kinosternidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Reptilia: Leptotyphlopidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Reptilia: Scincidae (2 records) in year 1869
  • Reptilia: Teiidae (1 record) in year 1869
  • Reptilia: Trionychidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Reptilia: Viperidae (2 records) in year 1869
  • Reptilia: [no family] (1 record) in year 1869
  • Rhynchonellata: Orthidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Rhynchonellata: Platystrophiidae (4 records) in year 1864
  • : [no family] (35 records) in years 1865-1869

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